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Your Woman by White Town
White Town
Artist Biography For White Town
White Town Is A Techno-Pop Act Actually Only One Man Jyoti Mishra Born In Rourkela India On July 30 1966 Mishra Has Lived In The United Kingdom Since The Age Of Three Often Regarded As A One-Hit Wonder For Its 1997 Song "Your Woman" Which Sampled A 1930s Song Called "My Woman" By Al Bowlly Which Was Featured In The Dennis Potter Drama Pennies From Heaven. This Single Was Often Known Not By Its Name But By The Title Of The EP It Originally Appeared On - ">Abort Retry Fail?_". Mishra A Straight Edger And Ex-Marxist Often Incorporates Political Concerns In His Songs Veiled In Terms Of Personal Relationships As In His Only Hit . After A Troubled Working Relationship With EMI Records Mishra Was Dropped From The Label In 1997 And Since Then Has Gone Back To Working With Indie Labels Like Parasol Records. His Last Album 2000's Peek & Poke Received Moderately Enthusiastic Reviews But Sold Pitifully Compared To His Major Label Work. In 2005 White Town Contributed The Song "The PNAC Cabal" To The Charity Album "Voyces United For UNHCR" Voyces United For UNHCR Disc 1 . In October 2006 White Town Released A New Album Don't Mention The War On Mishra's Own Label Bzangy Records.
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White Town Is Jyoti Mishra Who Sings And Records Dance Music Using Synthesizers And Samples. According To The Your Woman Songfacts Mishra Recorded This On An 8-Track In His Spare Room In Derby And Played It To His Girlfriend Who Encouraged Him To Do Something With It. He Could Only Afford To Press 5 Copies And He Sent One Of Them To The DJ Simon Mayo At Radio One Who Started Playing It. It Became The Most Requested Track Of The Week And As A Consequence He Landed A Deal With EMI. It Sold 165 000 Copies The Week It Was Released Shooting To #1 Despite His Refusal To Appear In A Video Or On British TV To Promote It. Your Woman Was Inspired By The Song My Woman Which Was Written By ‘Al’ Bowlly A Popular Singer In The United Kingdom During The 1930s. He Made More Than 1 000 Recordings Between 1927 And 1941.
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White Town Is A Techno-Pop Act Actually Only One Man Jyoti Mishra Born In Rourkela India On July 30 1966 Mishra Has Lived In The United Kingdom Since The Age Of Three Often Regarded As A One-Hit Wonder For Its 1997 Song "Your Woman" Which Sampled A 1930s Song Called "My Woman" By Al Bowlly Which Was Featured In The Dennis Potter Drama Pennies From Heaven. This Single Was Often Known Not By Its Name But By The Title Of The EP It Originally Appeared On - ">Abort Retry Fail?_". Mishra A Straight Edger And Ex-Marxist Often Incorporates Political Concerns In His Songs Veiled In Terms Of Personal Relationships As In His Only Hit . After A Troubled Working Relationship With EMI Records Mishra Was Dropped From The Label In 1997 And Since Then Has Gone Back To Working With Indie Labels Like Parasol Records. His Last Album 2000's Peek & Poke Received Moderately Enthusiastic Reviews But Sold Pitifully Compared To His Major Label Work. In 2005 White Town Contributed The Song "The PNAC Cabal" To The Charity Album "Voyces United For UNHCR" Voyces United For UNHCR Disc 1 . In October 2006 White Town Released A New Album Don't Mention The War On Mishra's Own Label Bzangy Records.
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White Town is Jyoti Mishra, who sings and records dance music using synthesizers and samples. According to the Your Woman Songfacts, Mishra recorded this on an 8-track in his spare room in Derby and played it to his girlfriend, who encouraged him to do something with it. He could only afford to press 5 copies, and he sent one of them to the DJ Simon Mayo at Radio One, who started playing it. It became the most requested track of the week and as a consequence he landed a deal with EMI. It sold 165,000 copies the week it was released shooting to #1 despite his refusal to appear in a video or on British TV to promote it.
Your Woman was inspired by the song My Woman, which was written by ‘Al’ Bowlly, a popular singer in the United Kingdom during the 1930s. He made more than 1,000 recordings between 1927 and 1941. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.